Malaga CF to move for FC Porto forward Hulk according to reports – La Liga News
According to reports by Cadena SER, Spain’s premier radio network, Andalusian outfit Malaga CF have demonstrated interest in FC Porto striker, Hulk. Reports suggest that they are willing to make a hefty 40 million Euro offer for the attacker.
Since the change in ownership at La Rosaleda, Malaga have been aspiring to improve their current squad in order to become one of the most recognized sides in Spain.
The side’s new owner, Sheiks Abdullah bin Nassar Al-Thani, a member of the Qatari http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Royal-95-c40387 Family, has provided the club with deep pockets and the cash to spend on making required improvements. The new owner has provided for the club’s ability to add recognizable
talent and skill into the Malaga squad.
The new ownership has also led to a change in the head coach; Malaga’s new manager is the well renowned Manual Pellegrini.
Malaga were fairly active in the transfer windows followed by the change in the ownership. They managed to add quite few players to the squad, from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joris-Mathijsen-c19242, Martin Demichelis, Jeremy
Toulalan, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Julio-c19950 Baptista and Joaquin Sanchez.
Manual Pellegrini has managed to forge a considerably stronger team, and Malaga supporters would be hoping to make it into Europe next season. However, further improvements in the squad seem highly likely.
Pellegrini does look eager to add on more players to his squad and there is speculation that the fast approaching January transfer window will prove to be fairly busy for the Malaga head coach.
This development certainly adds on to the speculation that Malaga are eager to sign Hulk. The Brazilian international has been performing very well and has managed to attract the interest of quite a few clubs across Europe.
Hulk, or Givanildo Vieira de Souza, has garnered interest from many football clubs due to his recognizable performances for the Portuguese champions, FC Porto. Last season, he scored 36 goals in a total of 53 official appearances for the club.
Another highlight of the last season was when the Brazilian became the only player to have won the “Portuguese Championship Player of the Month” award six times, from January to September. Furthermore, he was last season’s “Portuguese League Player of the
Year”.
Hulk finished the 2010/2011 season winning three very important trophies with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 played a very important part for his team in all of
these triumphs.
The €40 million that Malaga are willing to pay in order to acquire his services have certainly made the transfer very likely.
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